Lockdowns have been lifted at area schools after a woman showed up with what looked like a high-powered rifle Friday.

Police said they locked down Bel-Air Elementary and the Public Academy for Performing Arts because there was a woman in the area who had an unloaded pellet rifle. The incident triggered a panic, and after a principal called 911, a large number of police cruisers rushed to the neighborhood near Candelaria at Carlisle Boulevard.

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"We didn't know what type of gun it was at the time," said Officer Simon Drobik. "We were just responding to protect the school and the children."

Cellphone video shows police swarming the woman on the street across from Bel-Air.

Joanna Davidson was detained, and told investigators she was waiting for her boyfriend to pick her up so they could go sell it. Police said she was in the process of removing the scope on the rifle, because she didn't want it to seem real.

"Extremely, extremely poor choices," said Drobik. "Walking down a huge street with a rifle that looks like a 50-caliber rifle, sitting in front of a school."

Davidson faces several charges, including disorderly conduct and possession of drug paraphernalia. All the charges against her in this case are misdemeanors.